different between parity vs correspondence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ??ti/
• Rhymes: -æ??ti

See also

• parody

Etymology 1

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritas, from Latin p?r (“equal”)

Noun

parity (countable and uncountable, plural parities)

1. (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
   • 2000 April 26, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Delta Guide, Pearson Education, unpaged:

     Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
2. Senses related to classification into two sets.
   1. (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.

      Parity is always preserved in such operations.

   2. (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.

      The particles' parities can switch at random.

   3. (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
   4. (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
3. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
4. Resemblance; analogy.

Antonyms

• chirality

Derived terms

• brand parity
• parity bit

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin paritas, from pari? (“give birth”)

Noun

parity (plural parities)

1. (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks
2. (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Translations

English

Etymology

Morphologically correspond +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?"r?sp?n'd?ns, IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?ns/

Noun

correspondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)

1. (uncountable) Friendly discussion.
3. (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
4. (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
5. (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
6. (countable) A postal or other written communication.
7. (uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
8. (set theory, countable) A relation.
9. (theology) According to Swedenborg, a relationship of similarity between physical and spiritual things, such as that of light to wisdom, or warmth to love.

Translations

See also

• correspondent